Yangshan County
Yangshan County (postal: Yeungshan; simplified Chinese: 阳山县; traditional Chinese: 陽山縣; pinyin: Yángshān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Guangdong Province, China, bordering Hunan province to the north. It is under the administration of the city of Qingyuan.
Yangshan
阳山县 Yeungshan | |
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 Location of Yangshan County in Qingyuan City (gray) and Guangdong (yellow) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingyuan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,372 km2 (1,302 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
A military camp was established in the area in the late Qin dynasty. It was Emperor Han Wu Di who formally recognized Yangshan as a county. A Tang dynasty poet, Han You (Chinese: 韓愈), visited it and wrote a poem about his journey, "The Travel Diary of Swallow Pavilion" (Chinese: < 燕喜亭記>).
In Grand Theft Auto V, according to Trevor Philips, Los Santos Triads leader Wei Cheng and his son Tao Cheng were born in Yangshan.
other information: according to local gazette of Guangdong ( 《 廣東史志> ), yangshan county is hometown of about six thousand overseas chinese, these overseas chinese settle in Malaysia, United States of America, etc.
Climate
| Climate data for Yangshan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
20.9 (69.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.0 (3.07) |
90.2 (3.55) |
182.5 (7.19) |
220.0 (8.66) |
330.1 (13.00) |
341.3 (13.44) |
201.0 (7.91) |
178.0 (7.01) |
114.8 (4.52) |
68.0 (2.68) |
61.6 (2.43) |
50.5 (1.99) |
1,916 (75.45) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.0 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 169.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.7 | 67.1 | 58.2 | 78.0 | 116.6 | 134.9 | 196.0 | 191.4 | 172.8 | 175.8 | 143.8 | 127.9 | 1,546.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 39 | 35 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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